I recently posted a significant update of Scriblio to SVN. The code is alpha quality and not ready for production, but it includes a number of enhancements, some incremental, some more significant.
More immediately, however, this marks a change in how the SVN repository is organized. The code in /trunk is now in some stage of [...]

Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth NH was the first public library to try out Scriblio, and now they’re the most recent library to update to the newest version. Converting from the old pre-2.3 code is quite a chore, but Lichen also took the opportunity to brighten the new site up with a spring color palette selected by library director Jay Rancourt.

LibDev launched in June 2005 with the following invitation: LibDev is a site for those interested in libraries and networked information. Do you know your library is sitting on a goldmine of valuable data that you can’t use because there are too many systems and vendors who can’t or won’t talk to eachother?

(crossposted at MaisonBisson) Using the newly released book viewability API in Google Book Search, Plymouth State University’s Lamson Library and Learning Commons is one of the first libraries to move beyond simply listing their books online and open them up to reading and searching via the web.

To ensure that Scriblio development is meeting the needs of the majority of library users who often have little or no experience with libraries, we approached usability consultant Robert Hoekman, Jr. Certain aspects of the Lamson site, such as the live reference chat, are dependent on individual libraries, but we offer the implementation and integration of those features as demonstrated at the Lamson site as an example of what is achievable in Scriblio implementations elsewhere.

Matthew Batchelder of Borkweb.com is working on the theme of this site. Randall Hoyt did the logo, and it’s taken us a while to integrate it with the theme and actually go live with it. Matthew deserves credit for figuring out a solution and making it finally happen.

Two important updates that are only available in their SVN repositories for now are a spelling suggestion function in Scriblio and bSuite support for adding and editing machine tags — the cataloging data in Scriblio records.